diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29bb..14d4358cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Add features to task queue functions. (#1423)
diff --git a/spec/common/providers/tasks.spec.ts b/spec/common/providers/tasks.spec.ts
index 0e1058e7b..ce2497faf 100644
--- a/spec/common/providers/tasks.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/common/providers/tasks.spec.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ describe("onEnqueueHandler", () => {
   function mockEnqueueRequest(
     data: unknown,
     contentType = "application/json",
-    context: { authorization?: string } = { authorization: "Bearer abc" }
+    context: { authorization?: string } = { authorization: "Bearer abc" },
+    headers: Record<string, string> = {}
   ): ReturnType<typeof mockRequest> {
-    return mockRequest(data, contentType, context);
+    return mockRequest(data, contentType, context, headers);
   }
 
   before(() => {
@@ -194,6 +195,50 @@ describe("onEnqueueHandler", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("should populate context with values from header", () => {
+    const headers = {
+      "x-cloudtasks-queuename": "x",
+      "x-cloudtasks-taskname": "x",
+      "x-cloudtasks-taskretrycount": "1",
+      "x-cloudtasks-taskexecutioncount": "1",
+      "x-cloudtasks-tasketa": "timestamp",
+      "x-cloudtasks-taskpreviousresponse": "400",
+      "x-cloudtasks-taskretryreason": "something broke",
+    };
+    const expectedContext = {
+      queueName: "x",
+      id: "x",
+      retryCount: 1,
+      executionCount: 1,
+      scheduledTime: "timestamp",
+      previousResponse: 400,
+      retryReason: "something broke",
+    };
+
+    const projectId = getApp().options.projectId;
+    const idToken = generateIdToken(projectId);
+    return runTaskTest({
+      httpRequest: mockEnqueueRequest(
+        {},
+        "application/json",
+        { authorization: "Bearer " + idToken },
+        headers
+      ),
+      expectedData: {},
+      taskFunction: (data, context) => {
+        checkAuthContext(context, projectId, mocks.user_id);
+        expect(context).to.include(expectedContext);
+        return null;
+      },
+      taskFunction2: (request) => {
+        checkAuthContext(request, projectId, mocks.user_id);
+        expect(request).to.include(expectedContext);
+        return null;
+      },
+      expectedStatus: 204,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("should handle auth", async () => {
     const projectId = getApp().options.projectId;
     const idToken = generateIdToken(projectId);
diff --git a/spec/v1/providers/tasks.spec.ts b/spec/v1/providers/tasks.spec.ts
index 040e30388..eccdd3ab8 100644
--- a/spec/v1/providers/tasks.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/v1/providers/tasks.spec.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ describe("#onDispatch", () => {
         uid: "abc",
         token: "token" as any,
       },
+      queueName: "fn",
+      id: "task0",
+      retryCount: 0,
+      executionCount: 0,
+      scheduledTime: "timestamp",
     };
     let done = false;
     const cf = taskQueue().onDispatch((d, c) => {
diff --git a/src/common/providers/tasks.ts b/src/common/providers/tasks.ts
index aaa8ff910..67ac1794a 100644
--- a/src/common/providers/tasks.ts
+++ b/src/common/providers/tasks.ts
@@ -88,22 +88,72 @@ export interface TaskContext {
    * The result of decoding and verifying an ODIC token.
    */
   auth?: AuthData;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the queue.
+   * Populated via the `X-CloudTasks-QueueName` header.
+   */
+  queueName: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The "short" name of the task, or, if no name was specified at creation, a unique
+   * system-generated id.
+   * This is the my-task-id value in the complete task name, ie, task_name =
+   * projects/my-project-id/locations/my-location/queues/my-queue-id/tasks/my-task-id.
+   * Populated via the `X-CloudTasks-TaskName` header.
+   */
+  id: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The number of times this task has been retried.
+   * For the first attempt, this value is 0. This number includes attempts where the task failed
+   * due to 5XX error codes and never reached the execution phase.
+   * Populated via the `X-CloudTasks-TaskRetryCount` header.
+   */
+  retryCount: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The total number of times that the task has received a response from the handler.
+   * Since Cloud Tasks deletes the task once a successful response has been received, all
+   * previous handler responses were failures. This number does not include failures due to 5XX
+   * error codes.
+   * Populated via the `X-CloudTasks-TaskExecutionCount` header.
+   */
+  executionCount: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The schedule time of the task, as an RFC 3339 string in UTC time zone.
+   * Populated via the `X-CloudTasks-TaskETA` header, which uses seconds since January 1 1970.
+   */
+  scheduledTime: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The HTTP response code from the previous retry.
+   * Populated via the `X-CloudTasks-TaskPreviousResponse` header
+   */
+  previousResponse?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The reason for retrying the task.
+   * Populated via the `X-CloudTasks-TaskRetryReason` header.
+   */
+  retryReason?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Raw request headers.
+   */
+  headers?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 /**
- * The request used to call a Task Queue function.
+ * The request used to call a task queue function.
  */
-export interface Request<T = any> {
+export type Request<T = any> = TaskContext & {
   /**
    * The parameters used by a client when calling this function.
    */
   data: T;
-
-  /**
-   * The result of decoding and verifying an ODIC token.
-   */
-  auth?: AuthData;
-}
+};
 
 type v1TaskHandler = (data: any, context: TaskContext) => void | Promise<void>;
 type v2TaskHandler<Req> = (request: Request<Req>) => void | Promise<void>;
@@ -119,7 +169,30 @@ export function onDispatchHandler<Req = any>(
         throw new https.HttpsError("invalid-argument", "Bad Request");
       }
 
-      const context: TaskContext = {};
+      const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(req.headers)) {
+        if (!Array.isArray(value)) {
+          headers[key] = value;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const context: TaskContext = {
+        queueName: req.header("X-CloudTasks-QueueName"),
+        id: req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskName"),
+        retryCount: req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskRetryCount")
+          ? Number(req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskRetryCount"))
+          : undefined,
+        executionCount: req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskExecutionCount")
+          ? Number(req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskExecutionCount"))
+          : undefined,
+        scheduledTime: req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskETA"),
+        previousResponse: req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskPreviousResponse")
+          ? Number(req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskPreviousResponse"))
+          : undefined,
+        retryReason: req.header("X-CloudTasks-TaskRetryReason"),
+        headers,
+      };
+
       if (!process.env.FUNCTIONS_EMULATOR) {
         const authHeader = req.header("Authorization") || "";
         const token = authHeader.match(/^Bearer (.*)$/)?.[1];